February 2020 - Half Full - The Network of Care

Want to Change Your Life? Try Self-Compassion

So often we feel stuck in our lives. Maybe we’re in a dead-end job, or we can’t seem to find a healthy romantic relationship, or we keep procrastinating on starting to exercise. As we struggle to improve our lives, we may become dispirited, feeling as...

Published Mon, Feb 03 2020 4:42 AM by Greater Good Articles

Can Threats to Humanity Make Us More Prejudiced?

We often think of prejudice as a matter of individual choice—but a new study suggests that it can arise among many people in societies facing environmental threats. In 2011, University of Maryland psychologist Michele Gelfand conducted a 33-nation study...

Published Tue, Feb 04 2020 6:36 AM by Greater Good Articles

Twelve Films That Highlight the Best in Humanity

This year’s Oscar nominees for Best Picture tend to emphasize the worst in humanity. For example, Joker is about the descent into homicidal madness. Jojo Rabbit is about one of the worst events in human history, the Nazi Holocaust. 1917 is about another...

Published Wed, Feb 05 2020 3:36 AM by Greater Good Articles

How Unequal Discipline Hurts Black Students

Students of color are suspended at disproportionately higher rates than white students and, on average, perform more poorly on standardized tests. But no peer-reviewed nationwide research has documented a link between the two disparities—until now. A...

Published Thu, Feb 06 2020 4:54 AM by Greater Good Articles

How Cosleeping Can Help You and Your Baby

Few parenting conversations in early childhood elicit as much angst and judgment as the one about our children’s sleep: Where should they sleep, and how do we get them to sleep through the night? We label newborn babies as “good,” or not, depending on...

Published Fri, Feb 07 2020 4:11 AM by Greater Good Articles

One Way Your Partner Can Calm Your Attachment Anxiety

As Valentine’s Day approaches, not everyone looks forward to this holiday of romance. For people with “attachment anxiety”—who yearn to be closer to their partners but never seem to get close enough—the day can be one of disappointment and feeling unloved...

Published Mon, Feb 10 2020 5:45 AM by Greater Good Articles

What Playfulness Can Do for Your Relationship

I live with a hip-wiggler. When we’re in an elevator, Fred shakes to the muzak. If we’re pushing a cart though the grocery store and B. B. King’s “The Thrill Is Gone” comes through the speakers, Fred starts shimmying—and watching for my reaction. My role...

Published Tue, Feb 11 2020 4:33 AM by Greater Good Articles

Three Ways to Change Your Parenting in the Teenage Years

“Wow. Ugh. That’s amazing!” This is the usual wide-eyed response when people hear that I have four teenagers. Sometimes people grimace, like the mere thought of it is a bitter pill. They are thinking, I know, that teenagers are hard, which, of course...

Published Wed, Feb 12 2020 6:13 AM by Greater Good Articles

Five Ways Hiking Is Good for You

I’m a hiker—“born to hike,” as my husband likes to joke. It does my heart and soul good to strap on a pack and head out on a trail, especially when I’m alone and can let my mind wander where it will. The experience of hiking is unique, research suggests...

Published Fri, Feb 14 2020 6:20 AM by Greater Good Articles

How Much of Your Happiness Is Under Your Control?

Do you know the happiness pie chart? If you’ve read a book or listened to a talk about happiness in the past 15 years, there’s a good chance you heard that 50 percent of our happiness is determined by our genes, 40 percent by our activities, and 10 percent...

Published Tue, Feb 18 2020 6:55 AM by Greater Good Articles

What I Learned About Resilience in the Midst of Grief

“A policeman is on his way to see us,” my husband told me with a look that said it all, before adding, “they rarely bring good news.” With that one phone call, and the subsequent visit from Craig (a man I will never forget), our lives changed forever...

Published Wed, Feb 19 2020 7:12 AM by Greater Good Articles

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How to Decode Your Aloof Teen Boy

Has your once-chatty son suddenly become a quiet and distant teenager? This is a common experience for parents of boys, writes pediatrician Cara Natterson in her new book, Decoding Boys: New Science Behind the Subtle Art of Raising Sons. When boys hit...

Published Thu, Feb 20 2020 6:42 AM by Greater Good Articles

Just One Thing: Find Common Ground

One of the most important practices you can do this year is to “us” all “thems.” By “us” all “thems,” I mean finding common ground with every person—especially those you fear or are angry with or who are simply very different from you. These days, this...

Published Fri, Feb 21 2020 6:16 AM by Greater Good Articles

Kids Do Better on the Marshmallow Test When They Cooperate

Imagine you’re a young child and a researcher offers you a marshmallow on a plate. But there’s a catch: If you can avoid eating the marshmallow for 10 minutes while no one is in the room, you will get a second marshmallow and be able to eat both. What...

Published Mon, Feb 24 2020 7:43 AM by Greater Good Articles

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